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NOT JUST IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THANK YOU, JOHN, IT WILL BE
A FUN NIGHT.
NEW HAMPSHIRE SECRETARY IS
THE LONGEST CURRENTLY SERVING
SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
HOLING THE JOB FOR 40-YEARS.
GOING BACK TO PAULA EVANS WHO
IS LIVE IN MANCHESTER, CBS 11
HEADQUARTERS.
PAULA, THIS MAN HAS SEEN SOME
HISTORY?
Reporter: HE IS.
HE SAYS THIS YEAR IS EXTRA
SPECIAL BECAUSE NEW HAMPSHIRE
IS CELEBRATING THE 100th
ANNIVERSARY OF THIS PRIMARY.
HIS OFFICE IS A TREASURE DROVE
OF MEMBER YA' BILL YA' AND
ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING THE DESK
OF THE ORIGINAL LEDGES LAY TOR
THAT SPONSORED THE BILL THAT
CREATED THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
PRIMARY.
A FARMER ASKED HIM.
WHY DO THE BIG SHOTS DEBT TO
MAKE ALL OF THE DECISIONS ABOUT
BECOMING A DELEGATE AT THE
CONVENTION?
THE PRIMARY WAS CREATED FOR
THE LITTLE GUY AND IT HAS
CONTINUED TO GIVE THE LITTLE
GUY A CHAN.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE MOST
FAME OR FORTUNE TO COME HERE
AND WIN THIS PRIMARY.
Reporter: SO, EVERY FOUR
YEARS, ANYONE CAN GET THEIR
NAME ON THE BALLOT HERE IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE IF THEY GATHER 100
SIGNATURES OR HAVE A CHECK FOR
$1,000.
TO PEOPLE LIKE BILL GARDENER,
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IS THE
MAINTAINED.
ANYONE, SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T
HAVE MONEY CAN GET THEIR NAME
ON THE BALLOT.
BE PART OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
PROCESS.
WHEN WE HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT THE
LITTLE GUY IN THIS SEASON.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO CRUCIAL.
HE WILL MAKE SURE NEW HAMPSHIRE
REMAINS FIRST IN THE NATION.
WHAT WAS THE NUMBER YOU GAVE
US EARLIER.
MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS 15
BUT IT WAS MORE THAN THAT
Reporter: 58 THIS YEAR.
BACK IN 1992, THERE WAS A
NUMBER IN THE 60S.
THIS IS NOT THE BIGGEST FIELD
OF CANDIDATES, BUT ALL OF THE
PEOPLE THAT WENT TO THE POLLS,